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Tice, Mike

Gameday 1992, #473

CARDS: Gameday 1992, Pacific 1991
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: RECEIVED: 9/16/23
FAILURE: TTM 2023, C/o Home

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Played college football for Maryland but was not selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.
  • He’d join the Seahawks as a free agent, primarily used on special teams and as a blocking TE.
  • Over the next 8 seasons, became a seldom used fan favorite.
  • After a one year stint in Washington (’89), returned to Seattle for the next two years.
  • Played for the Vikings in 1992-’93, and a final season in ’95.
  • Moved into coaching almost immediately as a positional coach for the Vikings in ’96.
  • Named the Vikings’ interim head coach in 2001.
  • Officially retained as head coach in 2002 and remained head coach through the 2006 season.
  • Team reached the pinnacle of offensive production setting modern NFL records for total yards in 2003, after leading the NFL in offensive yards in 2002.
  • Wasn’t retained following the 2005 season.
  • Has served a variety of assistant coach and positional coaching jobs with the Jaguars (2006-09), Bears (2010-12), Falcons (2014), and Raiders (2015-17).
Pacific 1991, #488

NOTES:

I thought Mike might make a good fit for the XFL, but he seems content to stay semi-retired. I needed Mike for the Gameday 1992 set, but I figured I might as well toss in the Pacific card, since it was from his Seattle days. A good signer TTM, he had moved and my cards were RTS but I got the golden forwarding address.

Mike must have a great personality as he seemed beloved in both Seattle and Minnesota.

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CFL, NFL, NFLE

Heller, Ron (2)

Score 1990, #248
Fleer 1990, #83

CARDS: Score 1990, Fleer 1990
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o Home
SENT: 2/3 RECEIVED: 2/13 (10 days)

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

Ron hopped over to the Omaha Nighthawks of the (original) UFL to coach there in 2012. He then spent some time again at the pro level as an assistant offensive line coach for the New York Jets from 2013-15.

I’m sure there have been a few people who have complained about the lack of Eagles in my database so I decided to knock out Heller for that reason, along with the fact I still had a set need from Fleer 1990, as well as the fact I hadn’t gotten his autograph since… 1995- little less ever TTM. I also think his Score 1990 card is a very underrated offensive lineman action card anyone would be proud of.

Arena, NFL, NFLE, XFL

Spann, Gregory

CARD: Frankfurt Galaxy 2000 Team Issue
ACQUIRED: 2021, Private Acquisition

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Gregory Spann played WR for Jackson State from 1991-95.
  • Was a 7th round pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1996.
  • Signed by the Minnesota Vikings and allocated to NFL Europe.
  • Joined the NFLE in 2000 catching 3 passes for 36 yards with the Galaxy.
  • After playing for the Orlando Rage of the XFL that next season, he’d quickly join the Arena Football League.
  • Played in 2001 and ’02 with the Tampa Bay Storm.
  • Back then players went both ways in Arena football, and Spann saw time playing DB as well seeing action in 8 contests.
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